Canada cancels order for Vermont liquor amid trade war [Video]

Leaders in Vermont have started communicating directly with premiers in Canada as consumers and business owners on both sides of the border manage the impact of an ongoing trade war. Recently, Vermont liquor producers have had business disruptions. The president of Caledonia Spirits recently shared that an order from Quebec, which the company had waited four months to ship, was abruptly canceled after President Donald Trump announced tariffs in early February. Caledonia Spirits, which makes Barr Hill Gin, said that the company is faced with a unique financial challenge. The company makes French labels and goes through specific lab work to meet regulations set in Canada and Quebec. At Gov. Phil Scott’s weekly press conference on Wednesday, Vermont’s Secretary of Commerce, Lindsay Kurrle, said that it can be extremely difficult to find another market for those bottles. “Vermont producers who have prepared alcohol to be sold in Canada are left …